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Anthony Legendre

Kenya Thompkins

ENC1102

May 27th, 2020

Do you know how difficult it is to help one of your best friends since elementary school get their life together? Very difficult. I’ve spent a lot of my time last year trying to help push one of my friends into college just for them to only last a semester, after they told me numerous times they wanted to go to college. To respect his name, I will refer to him as Eric. Eric was always hard working (when he wants to be) and his parents love him, but they aren’t trying to push him into being something greater. They are completely fine with him staying at home, maybe even forever. I on the other hand am ago getter, I strive to be successful and I’ll do whatever it takes to get to where I want to be but I also had parents who’ve done nothing but push me to my full potential. Eric told me shortly before spring break had started that he was going to be roommates with me and two others of our friends, come August when we move into our apartment. Well the time came where we all had to put in our halves of the money and sign onto our lease, you can guess who did and who didn’t. That’s right, Eric. Eric was giving me the go around for the longest time, and finally wanted to tell me he wasn’t coming back to TCC in August. Obviously I was extremely upset and told him if he wasn’t coming to begin with, me and the rest of the guys should’ve known so we would’ve had time to ask one of our other friends who’ve yet to find an apartment or whatever to stay with us, instead of being stuck with a random. I don’t have a problem with having a stranger live with us but I remember when I first went to college, my roommate in my dorm room, we didn’t see eye to eye, we had two different personalities that clashed in a bad way. His response was “my parents said it would be best if I stay at home and go to the community college that’s local to where I live, and I think they’re right”. Again, I told him how bothered I was by it and he understood and told me he was sorry for not properly communicating. He’s been my best friend since kindergarten, I’m not going to have one miscommunication throw away 15 years of friendship. Come August, I am now being stuck with a random who I hope is just as chill as me and the guys. At the end of the day, the only advice I could give to someone if they ask me how to go about extending your neck to a longtime friend, it’s that you properly communicate. Communication goes such a long way, one bad thing said, and it can ruin a good relationship.